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1898.] G. A. Grierson — On the Kagmiri Noun. 
hhar u , having a scald head 
guv u , a cowherd 
Note also words like— 
katur u , a large potsherd 
motjgur u , a male kid 
cT<J^ tatur u , smarting of a wound 
wowur u , a weaver 
hliar the disease of scald-head. 
giir *, as in ^ grwr*, 
Zhna the cowherdess. A cow¬ 
herd’s wife is jrjfc^TST gur'bay. 
hatH™, a small ditto. 
morjg^r^ a female kid. 
<T<T^ tatVr™ the pain of anger. 
ivowtr™, a woman weaver. 
XX 7 
[A weaver’s wife is 
wdw < *r i bay»'] 
gagur u , a rat JTJT^ gcig^r™. 
As in the five last examples, all words of three or more syllables 
omit a penultimate u , when forming the feminine (vi. 8). Cf. No. 4a. 
The word tshot u , small, makes its feminine fr^- tshwat ®, or §?fe«r 
tshivatin (Cf. No. 8.) The latter is only used with reference to human 
beings. The former is universally used (vi. 5), thus :—(or 
\<\ * 
tslnuH u (or tshwatin) hur a small girl. 
So also we have hliar, an ass, feminine hliar s or 
• _ ' x »x 
hharin (see No. 8). 
(4). Words ending in Z K , are subject to the following rules 
(vi. 7, 8, 29). ' 
(a) Words of three syllables and over, ending in ul u change ul u to 
thus :— 
Feminine. 
gatul 11 , clever 
^x 
phutul u , a bundle of things 
tied up in a shawl, &c. 
tsahul u , circular 
^x 
patul u , a raft 
^x 
9°9 u l u -> a turnip 
t&otul tt , a sodomite 
W&5T phutQj® a small bundle. 
* "A 
^sr tsahW, 
a mat. 
an ordinary turnip. 
Udtvj*. 
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